CF Bruce Springer #17
Age: 39 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
CF BRUCE SPRINGER #17 - AGE: 39 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/07/1935
Born in:Brunswick, ME
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, 42 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, 87 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1956, 16th Pick in Round 14
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1958 Detroit - FABL 22 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 -16 20 -0.1
Total FABL 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 -16 20 -0.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1956 Biloxi - R 20 22 26 9 4 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 6 2 1 .346 .469 .615 1.084 200 177 0.4
1956 Chattanooga - A 20 38 141 36 4 2 3 16 22 19 1 0 26 3 2 .255 .348 .376 .724 92 91 0.3
1956 Terre Haute - A 20 11 39 13 0 1 1 8 7 5 0 1 5 2 0 .333 .400 .462 .862 134 130 0.4
1957 Chattanooga - A 21 37 128 41 8 1 1 16 16 31 0 0 17 5 2 .320 .453 .422 .875 132 140 1.6
1957 Terre Haute - A 21 100 376 91 10 3 11 48 47 55 3 3 66 6 5 .242 .341 .372 .713 91 94 1.5
1958 Akron - AA 22 104 363 74 8 7 1 27 23 26 7 1 79 13 5 .204 .270 .273 .542 65 60 1.3
1958 Newark - AAA 22 6 22 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 .364 .364 .455 .818 136 141 0.4
1959 Terre Haute - A 23 16 67 14 1 0 3 7 6 8 0 0 11 0 0 .209 .293 .358 .652 76 76 0.1
1959 Akron - AA 23 118 428 91 21 4 5 48 45 53 1 1 81 5 9 .213 .300 .315 .616 86 87 0.8
1960 Terre Haute - A 24 16 62 15 4 0 1 7 8 6 0 1 16 1 0 .242 .304 .355 .659 76 75 0.1
1960 Akron - AA 24 79 297 77 11 5 12 43 36 28 6 2 46 4 4 .259 .333 .451 .785 131 131 1.9
1960 Newark - AAA 24 16 50 14 2 0 2 8 6 3 1 0 6 0 0 .280 .333 .440 .773 119 125 0.4
1961 Akron - AA 25 106 330 84 18 1 8 37 39 34 3 4 65 3 6 .255 .326 .388 .714 105 107 1.1
1961 Newark - AAA 25 14 50 12 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 8 0 1 .240 .255 .300 .555 58 46 -0.3
1962 Newark - AAA 26 134 507 138 23 3 19 65 59 32 0 6 79 11 5 .272 .312 .442 .754 115 114 1.5
1963 Akron - AA 27 37 97 36 5 1 3 16 17 17 0 1 20 1 0 .371 .461 .536 .997 193 194 1.7
1963 Newark - AAA 27 36 30 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 .100 .156 .200 .356 3 -9 -0.4
1964 Akron - AA 28 23 32 5 0 0 1 5 4 7 0 0 6 0 1 .156 .308 .250 .558 58 56 -0.1
1964 Newark - AAA 28 59 61 16 4 1 2 9 9 8 0 1 13 0 1 .262 .343 .459 .802 124 128 0.4
1965 Chattanooga - A 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 3 51 -0.0
1965 Terre Haute - A 29 29 36 8 1 2 1 6 5 5 0 0 3 0 0 .222 .317 .444 .762 102 100 0.1
1965 Akron - AA 29 23 18 8 0 0 0 7 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 .444 .565 .444 1.010 197 216 0.5
Total EA 490 1565 375 63 18 30 183 168 169 18 9 298 26 25 .240 .319 .360 .680 102 101
Total HL 172 580 141 16 6 17 76 73 79 3 5 101 9 5 .243 .334 .379 .714 91 93
Total UL 265 720 191 35 5 23 87 78 46 1 7 116 12 7 .265 .307 .424 .731 108 107
Total SEL 78 271 77 12 3 4 33 38 52 1 1 44 8 4 .284 .400 .395 .795 110 114
Total GSL 22 26 9 4 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 6 2 1 .346 .469 .615 1.084 200 177
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1956 Terre Haute - A 2B 2 2 6 5 4 11 0 1.000 17.0 5.82 -0.2 .958
1956 Chattanooga - A 2B 8 5 15 16 8 31 0 1.000 55.0 5.07 -0.1 .968
1956 Biloxi - R 2B 6 0 4 2 1 6 0 1.000 13.1 4.05 -0.0 .973
1956 Terre Haute - A LF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.3 .984
1956 Chattanooga - A LF 2 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 16.0 2.81 -0.0 .965
1956 Biloxi - R LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1956 Terre Haute - A CF 7 7 23 0 0 23 0 1.000 65.1 3.17 +0.6 .984
1956 Chattanooga - A CF 20 18 52 0 0 52 0 1.000 162.1 2.88 -0.9 .955
1956 Biloxi - R CF 10 0 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 18.2 3.38 +0.1 1.119
1956 Terre Haute - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1956 Chattanooga - A RF 11 11 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 90.1 2.59 +0.3 .994
1956 Biloxi - R RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Terre Haute - A 2B 9 7 27 20 8 47 0 1.000 67.1 6.28 -0.6 .901
1957 Chattanooga - A 2B 4 4 10 6 4 18 2 .889 27.0 5.33 -1.2 .646
1957 Terre Haute - A SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Terre Haute - A LF 30 29 63 0 0 64 1 .984 249.0 2.28 +0.6 1.004
1957 Chattanooga - A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Terre Haute - A CF 53 41 129 2 0 134 3 .978 401.1 2.94 +5.9 1.049
1957 Chattanooga - A CF 37 29 93 1 1 94 0 1.000 286.0 2.96 +3.0 1.033
1957 Terre Haute - A RF 17 17 24 0 0 25 1 .960 131.1 1.64 -0.4 .978
1958 Detroit - MLB 2B 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 -0.1 .000
1958 Akron - AA 2B 2 1 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 11.0 3.27 -0.3 .987
1958 Akron - AA LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Detroit - MLB CF 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 13.0 2.08 -0.4 .761
1958 Newark - AAA CF 6 6 22 0 0 23 1 .957 52.0 3.81 +1.3 1.093
1958 Akron - AA CF 91 90 220 6 0 231 5 .978 784.2 2.59 +10.4 1.050
1958 Detroit - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Akron - AA RF 8 8 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 69.0 1.96 +0.9 .999
1959 Akron - AA 2B 11 10 34 31 13 68 3 .956 104.2 5.59 -2.9 .878
1959 Terre Haute - A 2B 2 1 3 5 1 8 0 1.000 16.0 4.50 +0.0 1.002
1959 Akron - AA LF 25 25 46 1 1 50 3 .940 214.0 1.98 +1.7 1.085
1959 Terre Haute - A LF 11 11 22 0 0 23 1 .957 95.0 2.08 +0.9 1.083
1959 Akron - AA CF 51 47 139 3 0 144 2 .986 407.0 3.14 +3.1 1.019
1959 Akron - AA RF 30 30 53 0 0 53 0 1.000 257.0 1.86 +0.1 .981
1959 Terre Haute - A RF 4 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 32.0 1.69 +0.1 .986
1960 Newark - AAA 2B 3 2 7 5 2 12 0 1.000 15.2 6.89 -0.2 1.026
1960 Akron - AA 2B 28 24 67 60 24 134 7 .948 223.2 5.11 -6.8 .843
1960 Terre Haute - A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Newark - AAA LF 5 5 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 41.2 1.94 +0.6 1.102
1960 Akron - AA LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1960 Terre Haute - A LF 12 12 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 92.1 1.66 +0.2 1.027
1960 Newark - AAA CF 2 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 15.0 3.60 -0.0 1.038
1960 Akron - AA CF 13 11 25 0 0 25 0 1.000 101.2 2.21 +1.0 1.055
1960 Terre Haute - A CF 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 13.2 2.63 -0.1 .984
1960 Newark - AAA RF 7 4 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 42.0 2.79 +0.8 1.081
1960 Akron - AA RF 38 38 74 3 1 79 2 .975 331.0 2.09 +3.6 1.034
1960 Terre Haute - A RF 4 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 35.0 1.80 +0.8 1.131
1961 Newark - AAA 2B 13 13 34 32 7 67 1 .985 113.1 5.24 -0.7 .938
1961 Akron - AA 2B 63 56 141 135 39 285 9 .968 479.2 5.18 -4.8 .932
1961 Akron - AA LF 18 17 25 1 0 26 0 1.000 141.1 1.66 +2.3 1.142
1961 Newark - AAA CF 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .667 8.0 2.25 -0.8 .694
1961 Akron - AA CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 Akron - AA RF 17 9 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 91.2 0.98 +0.2 1.095
1962 Newark - AAA 2B 123 120 276 314 76 602 12 .980 1092.1 4.86 -14.6 .913
1962 Newark - AAA LF 4 4 9 0 0 10 1 .900 34.0 2.38 -0.7 .902
1962 Newark - AAA CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Newark - AAA RF 7 5 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 48.1 1.30 +0.2 1.006
1963 Newark - AAA 2B 19 0 13 14 4 27 0 1.000 48.0 5.06 -0.8 .938
1963 Akron - AA 2B 3 0 8 8 2 17 1 .941 20.0 7.20 -0.2 .874
1963 Newark - AAA LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Akron - AA LF 8 4 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 46.2 1.93 +0.3 1.089
1963 Newark - AAA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Akron - AA CF 7 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 23.2 2.28 -0.2 .991
1963 Newark - AAA RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1963 Akron - AA RF 18 17 30 1 0 32 1 .969 136.2 2.04 +0.8 1.021
1964 Newark - AAA 2B 3 0 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 8.1 4.32 +0.2 1.068
1964 Akron - AA 2B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.2 5.40 +0.0 1.038
1964 Newark - AAA LF 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 22.2 0.40 -0.5 .502
1964 Akron - AA LF 5 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 21.2 1.66 +0.2 1.007
1964 Akron - AA CF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 7.2 2.35 +0.1 1.022
1964 Newark - AAA RF 3 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 11.0 2.45 +0.1 1.016
1964 Akron - AA RF 7 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 25.1 1.07 -0.5 1.060
1965 Akron - AA 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Terre Haute - A 2B 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 -0.3 .000
1965 Akron - AA LF 9 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 24.0 1.88 +0.6 1.033
1965 Terre Haute - A LF 8 0 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 22.2 2.38 +0.1 1.037
1965 Akron - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Terre Haute - A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Akron - AA RF 4 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 6.2 6.75 +0.1 1.025
1965 Terre Haute - A RF 7 1 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 22.0 2.05 -0.1 1.045
1965 Chattanooga - A RF 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 +0.1 1.061
TOTAL 2B 306 245 649 662 195 1346 35 .974 2321.1 5.08 -33.4 .911
TOTAL LF 149 115 223 3 1 232 6 .974 1046.0 1.94 +6.4 1.041
TOTAL CF 310 255 732 13 1 757 12 .984 2364.2 2.84 +23.1 1.031
TOTAL RF 190 152 282 6 1 292 4 .986 1345.2 1.93 +7.0 1.017
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1953 Was not drafted and joined NW New York State.
06/19/1956 Drafted in the 1956 first-year player draft out of college (NW New York State; Buffalo, NY) by the Detroit Dynamos. (Round 14, Pick 16, 224th overall pick).
07/25/1958 Injured (bruised hand),day-to-day for 3 days.
10/10/1958 Wins the 1958 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos.
04/09/1959 Designated for assignment and placed on waivers by the Detroit Dynamos.
05/04/1959 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
05/24/1959 Injured (intercostal strain),out for 4 days.
06/28/1960 Injured (fractured thumb),out for 4 weeks.
07/19/1961 Injured (back tightness),out for 2 weeks.
09/03/1962 Wins the UL Player of the Week Award.
09/15/1962 Injured (sprained thumb),day-to-day for one week.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 3; Eye: 2.
06/03/1963 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 3; Eye: 2.
09/21/1964 Wins the 1964 Championship with the Newark Aces!
04/13/1965 Injured (stomach virus),day-to-day for 2 days.
09/13/1965 Retired from professional baseball.
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